Fatal crash profile · Model

Kenworth W900

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 249
Fatal crashes: 248
Deaths inside: 37
Other deaths: 240

Between 2020 and 2024, 249 vehicles described as Kenworth W900 were involved in 248 fatal crashes in the United States. 37 people died inside these vehicles and 240 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.

Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other medium and heavy trucks or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year

Category	Vehicles
2020	32
2021	50
2022	71
2023	55
2024	41

Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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Deaths

Who died in these crashes

13%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Kenworth: 13%
About one-quarter of the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	4	31
2021	8	46
2022	9	68
2023	8	54
2024	8	41

Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.

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Crash factors

Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 80 percent of the share for Kenworth: 5%
About 20 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.3 times the share for Kenworth: 1%
About 10 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

36%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

About the same as the share for Kenworth: 34%
About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Kenworth W900	Kenworth	All vehicles
Driver speeding	4.0%	5.1%	19.0%
Driver drinking	1.6%	1.3%	17.7%
At night	36.1%	34.3%	49.3%

Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	181
Cloudy	29
Rain	15
Fog, Smog, Smoke	6
Blowing Sand, Soil, Dirt	2

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	150
Dark - Not Lighted	70
Dark - Lighted	17
Dusk	6
Dawn	3

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes

Category	Vehicles
Texas	30
Virginia	13
Colorado	11
Utah	11
Pennsylvania	10
Indiana	10
Florida	9
Georgia	9
Alabama	9
Illinois	7

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Kenworth W900 by model year

2005 29 crashes
2004 13 crashes
2003 14 crashes
2002 18 crashes
2001 17 crashes
2000 43 crashes
1999 24 crashes
1998 20 crashes
1997 15 crashes
1996 11 crashes
1995 10 crashes

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
May 1, 2021	Elmore County, Idaho	SR-51	3
Apr 30, 2021	Holmes County, Ohio	SR-3 WOOSTER RD	1
Apr 26, 2021	Fremont County, Iowa	SR-2	1
Apr 15, 2021	Yulee, Nassau County, Florida	I-95	1
Apr 12, 2021	Eagle County, Colorado	I-70	1
Apr 7, 2021	North Salem, Westchester County, New York	I-684	1
Mar 31, 2021	Charlotte County, Florida	GILLOT BLVD	1
Mar 26, 2021	Guilford County, North Carolina	I-85	1
Mar 17, 2021	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	US-222	1
Mar 5, 2021	Kandiyohi County, Minnesota	US-71	1
Feb 24, 2021	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas	I-70	1
Feb 23, 2021	Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania	SR-0116 YORK ST	1
Feb 11, 2021	Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida	I-95	1
Jan 27, 2021	Jal, Lea County, New Mexico	SR-18	1
Jan 21, 2021	Hardy, Pike County, Kentucky	SR-319	1
Jan 19, 2021	Lincoln County, Colorado	SR-71	1
Dec 21, 2020	Presidio County, Texas	US-67	1
Dec 9, 2020	Jackson County, Georgia	SR-0011	1
Nov 5, 2020	Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky	US-23	1
Oct 23, 2020	Hernando County, Florida	US-41	1
Oct 21, 2020	Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia	SR-5/515	1
Oct 14, 2020	Gibson County, Tennessee	SR-104 DYERSBURG HWY	1
Oct 12, 2020	Alamosa County, Colorado	US-285	1
Oct 9, 2020	Lebanon County, Pennsylvania	US-422 CUMBERLAND ST	1
Oct 7, 2020	Wagoner County, Oklahoma	US-69	1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.